DIY Crystal Pendant Necklace

There’s nothing quite as marvelous and essential as costume jewelry – especially when it borders on ‘over the top’ with exorbitant amounts of sparkle and shine. As I always like to say: more is more is more. So how can one possibly turn down the opportunity to customize their very own show-stopping, Verdura-inspired crystal pendant necklace!? Not I. Bling it on.

Start by squeezing a dollop of glue onto a wooden spoon. Use a little wooden dowel or toothpick and apply a generous amount of glue to the back of the largest rhinestone. I like to apply adhesives using this efficient and messy-less method instead of applying glue directly from the bottle.

Glue the larger rhinestones onto the felt, working from the center out. I personally like to keep the pattern symmetrical.

Continue adding smaller crystals and rhinestones to the pattern. The tweezers may come in handy for the smaller pieces and harder to reach areas.

Once the shape is complete, add the brooch or button to the center with more glue.

Allow to dry for a couple of hours. Use a sharp pair of scissors to cut around the pendant, leaving about two millimeters of space around the perimeter.

Find a place to leave extra space at the top, on either side, to attach the chain. Using a hole punch, pierce two small holes into the corners of the felt.

Open the jump rings with the piers, attach the felt and then close it around the end of the chain. Repeat on the opposite side. If the pendant is too heavy and the felt holes are pulling too much, adding grommets is a quick fix.

OMG! I LOVE IT! I always see your DIYs and just love them on the page, but this one I gotta try! Could you pleeeeease tell me where you get the rhinestones from? I checked at my craft store and they only had the kiddy rainbow ones for scrapbooking.

Great idea! I was wondering though, is it possible to just directly pin the brooch or button from the beginning and then glue the stones according to the design of the center piece? That way it’ll be much lighter and we can save the stones for other projects!

I sooo love the uber bling effect of this necklace. I actually remember Beyonce wore this in one of her red carpet moments! I love how this DIY article showed the steps on how to arrange the gorgeous glass stones! I especially love learning things which I can later sell. 🙂 I am also enrolled in a series of jewelry making classes here in South San Francisco, Dragonfly Designs (http://www.jewelrybydfly.com). They taught me how to do copper etching, enameling, stamping and dapping, bead stringing, wire work, resin pendants, finger knitting and hair jewelry!

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